About Brooks Stadium Park
2400 Brooks Stadium Drive
75 acres - Map of Brooks Stadium and Park
John Sheppard Field
- High school softball field with lights and bleacher seating
- Soccer field
- Gravel parking
- Football field with goals and player seating
- Wooded area adjacent to stadium with walking trail and geocaches
Brooks Stadium and Doc Hedig Field
- 3000 person capacity
- Television ready lights
- Press box with wireless connectivity and broadcast equipment
- Paved and lined parking lot
- Restroom facilities
- Concession stand
- Free WIFI
- Home of Paducah Chiefs
Paducah Chiefs Baseball Club
The Paducah Chiefs, a college wood bat team, plays at Brooks Stadium in Paducah during the summer. The Chiefs have a long history dating back to 1903 but were brought back to life in 2016 as part of the Ohio Valley League. The team is overseen by the Brooks Stadium Commission.
Brooks Stadium Commission
Brooks Stadium is overseen by the Brooks Stadium Commission, a ten member board created and governed by Paducah Code of Ordinances Sections 70-51 through 54. The purpose of the Brooks Stadium Commission is to promote the full use of Brooks Stadium facilities and adjacent properties as it deems in the best interest of the public.
The Brooks Stadium Commission’s regularly scheduled board meetings occur on the first Thursday of February, May, September, and December at 12:00 p.m. at City Hall, 300 South 5th Street.
Brooks Stadium Commission Meeting Minutes
Members, who serve four-year terms, are as follows:
- Alex Blackwell
- Gregory Cannon
- Chris Cappock
- Neel Carroll
- Amie Clark (Parks and Recreation Department Director)
- Dr. Frank Hideg
- Phillip Hudson
- Greg McKeel
- Joshua Tyler Parker
- Jimmy Rex Smith II
- Robert Buz Smith (City Commissioner)
